Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Tuesday...

"Ukraine pays for gas under the contract in full. After the elections, the situation will not change and a regular payment is due to be made on February 7. I am confident that Ukraine will pay in full," Miller said

Ukraine on Sunday held its first presidential elections since the 2004 Orange Revolution that brought west-leaning Viktor Yushchenko into power. Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is leading in the presidential poll with 35.34% of the vote followed by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with 25.04%.

Russia, which supplies around one quarter of Europe"s gas, briefly shut down supplies via Ukraine"s pipeline system at the start of last year amid a dispute over unpaid bills and new prices.

The conflict was resolved when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Tymoshenko reached a deal on gas imports and transit in mid-January 2009.

President Yushchenko has consistently called for the deal to be reviewed, something that

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